24 consecutive wins…

The veteran players on the Eagles' side are actually not that excited.

Won 26 consecutive victories.

But the new players are now living in a dream.

It's on the news every day, and there are reporters covering it every day.

Now in Houston, a city where the team is still very popular in China because it once had Yao Ming and now has Iguodala, who once played beside Liu Mang. When I came to Toyota Center, I felt like I was back in Atlanta.

The situation was similar when I was surrounded by reporters.

The Rockets have two players selected for the All-Stars, allowing the Rockets to continue to be popular in China. Also because of these two All-Stars, and their good record this season, they did not fall behind in the top nine in the Western Conference, and they also have a good reputation in the United States.

's popularity.

After the Hawks arrived in Houston, they had a night's rest. The Rockets also played an away game in Dallas on the day the Hawks arrived in Houston. They defeated the Mavericks 92-87 in the away game. Today they returned to home to play the Hawks back-to-back.

This is the first time the Hawks have played against the Rockets this season. After a year, the Rockets have completely changed.

As a player, Bynum, if no one is suppressing him, he will not perform well even if he has the ability. But with a ruthless player suppressing him, it becomes very different!

After arriving at the arena, Iguodala and Artest brought their younger brothers to greet the Hawks stars and veteran stars.

While chatting with Iguodala and Artest, Liu Mang looked at Bynum's ability evaluation.

"DeAndre Bynum, ability evaluation 87, 87 offense, 85 defense, 95 rebounds, 44 three-pointers, 81 mid-range shots, 93 layups, 81 speed, 88 strength... Playing time: 34 minutes per game, data:

Averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game..."

Bynum is halfway through the third year of his career and is only 20 years, 3 months and 15 days old!

At this age and with such strength, a genius can really do whatever he wants.

Moreover, Liu Mang watched some highlights of the Rockets last night. Bynum is also different from the traditional center in Liu Mang's impression. He moves quickly, has good explosive power, and has good jumping...

Liu Mang thinks it's probably because Bynum didn't experience the serious season-ending injury in 2008, and he was trained as an absolute core in the Rockets. Although his brain is not very good, he has good physical talent, high golf IQ, and progress.

He has made much faster progress than when he was a substitute for the Lakers and his knees were broken by his teammates. He also has more ball rights and the inside position belongs to him. His data is naturally better than when he was the fourth player on the team in the 07-08 season in the original time and space.

When he was fifth, he averaged 13 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 28 minutes per game, which was much better, but his IQ was simply not enough.

And the defense is not as good as Liu Mang's impression. There is a man wearing No. 24. Although it is hard to say in other aspects, when he suppresses Bynum's out-of-the-box personality, even if Bynum's knee is scrapped once, his defense is also poor.

The best center forward.

But Bynum in this time and space has more playing time and more opportunities to get close to the basket, but his rebounding efficiency and shot blocking efficiency are far inferior to that of him in the original time and space, and only his scoring has improved significantly.

In addition to being severely injured in the knee by his teammates, it is difficult for Liu Mang to judge which training method is better between the Rockets and the Lakers. In the Rockets, Bynum was a genius from the beginning. As the absolute core, he is not the best.

Even though he works so hard, no one cares. The offense is better, but the defense improves very slowly. It’s not that it’s bad, but it’s compared to the original defense.

However, the Lakers' offense was never put to good use. It was not until Mike Brown became the head coach in the 2011-2012 season that he was reused and was directly selected to the second team, but his defense was really good.

It's enough to say that in the original time and space, Bynum averaged 10.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game in the 28 minutes before his serious injury in the 2007-2008 season.

Liu Mang felt that it would be quite interesting if such a center really reached his peak. He wondered whether he should remind Iguodala to stop Bynum from bowling.

But thinking that the Rockets might sell Iguodala after this year and replace him with a role player to save money, Liu Mang thought about it and said nothing.

What if you really like bowling and bungee jumping that much?

Just like the Clippers will let go of talents for free, the Rockets in Alexander's era like to use talents cheaply for a few years and then sell them when the time comes for a big contract.

On the other hand, Iguodala's ability evaluation has gone from a first-class star's ability evaluation of 85 in the second half of last season to now, one year later, and Iguodala has improved to an ability evaluation of 86. The improvement is not very obvious, and it is far worse.

Bynum.

Sometimes, it's not just a high IQ, high basketball IQ, or good physical fitness that will make him a superstar. Iguodala has many obvious flaws, such as unstable scoring, low desire to shoot, being too stable, etc.

In terms of improvement in attack ability, Iguodala has been very slow and has made almost no progress.

And Gay... This year the Rockets have Artest. Gay, a potential rookie last season, can only serve as a substitute for Iguodala and Artest this season.

Guy still has talent and has made significant progress, with his ability rating rising to 79.

Artest, with an ability rating of 90, averaged 20.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.3 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, and only averaged 2.1 fouls per game. He is still the best defensive small forward in the league.

Having just turned 28 at the beginning of the season, he is still at his peak, but this peak is the peak he got back on his feet after being suspended for a season. Before the suspension, Artest was stronger than he is now, both offensively and defensively.

As for O'Neal Jr., he still didn't deal with Artest, but the two teams were friendly, so they didn't quarrel.

…

After saying hello, the Rockets players went back to the rest room in the home team's locker room to rest. They returned to Houston in the morning and arrived at the arena at noon. Before warming up, their players had to take a nap to catch up on their sleep.

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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Hawks have begun preparations for the game, discussing how to deal with the three-star lineup composed of Bynum, Artest, and Iguodala.

No one wants to lose!

The old players of the Hawks want to keep first place in the league, and the new players from last season and this season also want to continue this dream-like feeling.

The Rockets' lineup was pretty good when their "three young players" were all still on rookie contracts. The highest-paid player was Artest, who earned $8 million, so the role players were pretty good.

The three stars of Iguodala, Artest, and Bynum led Alston and Landry's bench lineup, with Gay, Mutombo, Bobby Jackson, and Bunch Wells as the main force.

, as well as Aaron Brooks, Mike James and other substitute players.

That's it, the Rockets' salary is only over 54 million, which is still a long way from the 61 million salary cap.

With such an outstanding lineup of role players and led by a tough guy like Artest, the Rockets are one of the toughest teams in the league this year, and the Hawks don't dare to be careless.

At 3:30, the Hawks players gathered in front of the TV to watch the game between the Spurs and the Magic.

The Spurs now have 45 wins and 6 losses, and their record is already the same as that of the Hawks. In other words, the Hawks have made up for the fewer games they played in the first two months in January and the first ten days of February.

At six o'clock in the evening, crazy cheers came from the visiting team lounge at Toyota Center!

The Magic defeated the Spurs 121-115 at home!

With the Magic raining three-pointers from the outside, the Spurs played very well offensively, but they were still blown up by the Magic.

It’s not that the Spurs didn’t defend well, but Carter, Turkoglu, and Maurice Evans each made 4 three-pointers, plus the three-pointers from other Magic three-pointers, the total number of shots was

Made 21 three-pointers.

When the opponent is feeling so hot, the Spurs' three-point defense is useless.

There was a precedent for the Magic's explosive three-point shooting in the playoffs last season and almost counterattacked all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals. This season, the Magic have added Carter and introduced more pitchers. In the eyes of many fans and media, the Magic

It could become a spoiler for the Eastern Conference playoffs.

He's so good at shooting that once the Magic start to get excited, they can't stop him at all.

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At 8 o'clock in the evening, the national live broadcast of the Hawks and Rockets, as well as the live broadcast of the game on Chaoting Channel and some European TV stations began.

The Eagles' dream run doesn't look like it will end here in Houston.

Liu Mang used zombie jumpers in the first quarter and made 5 of 5 shots in a single quarter! Among them, 3 of 3 three-pointers and two free throws!

With 15 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, Iguodala was so defensive against Liu Mang that he doubted his life.

As an opponent, Iguodala can feel how exaggerated Liu Mang's progress is. The zombie jump shot that was half-baked last season can be regarded as a regular shooting action this season.

Led by Liu Mang's 15 points and 3 assists in the first quarter, the Eagles scored 26 to 19 in a single quarter.

The focus is still on the defensive end!

When the Eagles had the lineup in the first quarter, Kwame Brown did a good job defending Bynum, and Marion also did a great job defending Artest. In the second half of the first quarter, Bynum was replaced.

, after the Rockets put up a five-small lineup, Wade came on the Hawks side. When Kwame Brown was replaced, Wade continued the lineup with Liu Mang, Mason, Grant Hill, and Marion.

The defense withstood the Rockets' offense of using Artest at the center position to play five small lineups.

Speaking of the offensive end, except for Liu Mang, who was outstanding, the others played averagely under the defense of Iguodala, Gay, and Artest. Kwame Brown could guard Bynum, Bynum

It can also lock Kwame Brown's pie.

But the Eagles defense did a great job!

The dream winning streak was not interrupted in Houston. With Liu Mang playing 44 minutes, he made 14 of 24 shots, 7 of 10 three-pointers, and scored 41 points, 12 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 blocks. The Eagles defeated 103 to 87 in the away game.

Beat the Rockets to win 25th consecutive game!

The better the condition of his teammates, the better Liu Mang's performance!

The Rockets also failed to end the Hawks' winning streak. Although some fans are sorry, this is also expected. The most stable thing for the Hawks during this period is the defense. Occasionally, there are times when the offense is not working, but it has its own problems.

After Wade, the Hawks' bench lineup has too much defensive continuity.

Today, although the Rockets defended the rest of the Hawks very well, Liu Mang continued his excellent touch in the past few games and could not stop him at all. However, the Hawks defended the Rockets players.

Except for Gay who came off the bench and scored 21 points, the other Rockets players had the highest score from Artest with 17 points, followed by Bynum with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Only three players scored in double figures.

"Are we only one game away from 26 consecutive wins? That's too simple. We must... uh uh uh..." During the post-game interview, Liu Mang was about to brag, but was praised by Tracy McGrady and others next to him.

May Brown covered her mouth and was dragged away by her teammates alive.

Rondo, who scored 4 points, 3 steals and 7 rebounds today, saw his boss's unsteady appearance when he won the game. He reluctantly took over the words: "The opponent is great, it will not be easy for us to win today..."

Even Rondo was forced to make polite official remarks to the media.

This is at someone else's home court. If you win the game, you win. Even Rondo can't stand it. Wade doesn't want to steal the limelight. Grant Hill, O'Neal and other veterans went back to the locker room early.

, McGrady and Kwame Brown are preventing Liu Mang from stimulating the next opponent, Rondo has no choice but to be steady.

The coaching staff has said many times recently that Liu Mang cannot be allowed to use his loud mouth to irritate his opponents after winning a game. Didn't you see that Jason Terry has been quite stable during this period?

Rondo is also helpless. He has to bear pressure that his playing age should not bear.
Chapter completed!